Figure timeline
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet was a French mathematician and physicist.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
science · French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706–1749) · mathematician · physicist · philosopher of language · essayist · salonnière · translator · philosopher · also Émilie du Châtelet, Emilie du Chatelet, Marquise de Du Châtelet, Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil du Châtelet, Gabrielle-Emilie du Châtelet-Lomont, Gabrielle-Emilie de Breteuil Marchioness du Chatelet
Born 17 December 1706 · Died 10 September 1749 · Q7286
6 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
8 photos · 1 audio
Listen
Fr-Emilie du Châtelet
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
s education, particularly a strong secondary education as was available for young men in the French collèges. By denying women a good education, she argued, society prevents women from becoming eminent in the arts and sciences. Legacy Du Châtelet made a crucial scientific contribution in making Newton
“s education, particularly a strong secondary education as was available for young men in the French collèges. By denying women a good education, she argued, society prevents women from becoming eminent in the arts and sciences. Legacy Du Châtelet made a crucial scientific contribution in making Newton”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Google Doodle honored du Châtelet
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
In the original French, edited and annotated by Bertram Eugene Schwarzbach
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Supports "the development and diffusion of research on women, sex, and gender"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Died 1749-09-10.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1706-12-17.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Connections